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1 University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage 2013 Jun 25th, 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM Concurrent Sessions B: Reintroduction Efforts on the Upper Deschutes River - Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project Juvenile and Adult Fish Passage Improvements James Bartlett Portland General Electric Follow this and additional works at: Bartlett, James, "Concurrent Sessions B: Reintroduction Efforts on the Upper Deschutes River - Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project Juvenile and Adult Fish Passage Improvements" (2013). International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Fish Passage Community at UMass Amherst at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact scholarworks@library.umass.edu.

2 Reestablishing Anadromous Fish Runs into the Upper Deschutes River Basin ~Fish Passage Improvements~ Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage Workshop June 25, 2013 ~James Bartlett~

3 Reregulating Dam

4 Reregulating Dam RM: 100 Generation Capacity 18 MW Reregulating Dam Impounds 190-Acre Reregulating Reservoir

5 Pelton Dam RM: 103 Generation Capacity 100 MW Pelton Dam Impounds Lake Simtustus 540-acre Reservoir

6 Round Butte Dam RM: 110 Generation Capacity 368 MW Round Butte Dam Impounds Lake Billy Chinook 4,000-acre Reservoir Fed by the Deschutes, Metolius, and Crooked Rivers

7 Historic Juvenile Salmonid Passage Round Butte Dam

8 Historic Pelton Dam Juvenile Salmonid Capture and Processing Facility

9 Historic Pelton Adult Trap, Fish Ladder, and Release Tram

10 EXISTING SPILLWAY EXISTING INTAKE TOWER 260 FEET EXISTING DIVERSION TUNNEL

11 Hydro-Dynamic Model of Historic Surface Currents Within Round Butte Dam Forebay

12 Fish Passage 50 Year License Requirements Reorient surface currents toward Round Butte Dam Provide safe and efficient capture, sorting, enumeration, marking, tag detection, loading, and transport, without diminishing generation 93% Survival Criteria Safely capture downstream migrating salmonids attempting to leave the reservoir while excluding them from turbines. Reintroduce: Spring Chinook, Summer Steelhead, Sockeye

13 Selective Water Withdrawal and Associated Fish Passage Facilities

14 Generation Water and Fish Capture Pathway 98% Salmonid Survival Since Operation Began in December 2009

15 Juvenile Transport and Release Smolt and Juvenile Bull Trout Transported and Released Per Year Date Chinook Steelhead Sockeye Bull Trout ,184 7,611 48, ,640 10, , ,231 7,806 4, ,192 2,647 24,668 10

16 Pelton Adult Fish Trap

17 Round Butte Forebay Adult Release Facility (Non-Stratified Reservoir Release) (Stratified Reservoir Release)

18 Known Origin Adult Return Year Chinook Sockeye Steelhead

19 The End It s Just the Beginning for Upper Deschutes Basin Reintroduction!